During the past months, I have been stopped from traveling due to the breakdown of my earth suit. Thankfully, the only thing I could do was write. I am now on the final edit of the Seven Fires of Global Peace: Pathways of the Eighth Fire of Global Harmony.
It will be shared on a global broadcast on September 23, the last day of International Peace Week. This book was Inspired by the Pre-Columbian Anishanabe Prophecy of the 7th and 8th Fires, other Indigenous prophecies, and the Tablet of Seven Candles, Lawh-i-Haft Sham, revealed in 1912, by Abdul-Baha.
This is the Introduction:
In contrast to past times, today's world has become an intricate web of interconnections across continents, cultures, and communities.
In earlier eras, geography and lack of technological means created impermeable barriers that made a unified global community impossible. Continents were not just physical land masses separated by oceans. They were insurmountable divides that isolated civilizations from one another. Even within a single continent, mountains, rivers, and cultural boundaries often made the association and the exchange of ideas difficult, if not impossible. The concept of unity was, for the most part, confined to local or, at best, regional scales.
Today, however, the narrative is fundamentally different. The advent of technology—most notably the internet and modes of rapid transportation—has shrunk Mother Earth to a size our ancestors could scarcely have imagined. An individual in a small village in Africa can instantly connect with someone in a bustling North American city. Economies are so tightly interwoven that a ripple in one part of the world creates waves globally. We have arrived at a point where isolation is more than unsustainable.
The urgency of global challenges such as climate change, social inequality, political conflict, war, terrorism, economic crises, and pandemics has highlighted the glaring inadequacies of fragmented systems and ideologies. These crises are not confined to specific regions or communities but are global problems that demand unified solutions.
Interconnectedness alone is not unity. Interconnectedness refers to the material and functional aspects of our connections. Unity speaks to a deeper, soulful relationship among people. Unity is not just cooperation but also a shared sense of purpose, a mutual respect for the dignity of every human being, and a collective striving towards common goals. Unity is not merely the absence of conflict. Unity is the presence of harmonious coexistence and collaborative action.
That is why this age—often described as a century of unprecedented change or the Day That Shall Not Be Followed by Night—presents us with an unparalleled opportunity. It is the time to fully ignite the Seven Fires of Unity, leading to the Eighth Fire, each representing a dimension of human growth and development destined to bring us closer than ever, one heart and one mind in many bodies.
These Fires encompass political realms, unity of thought in global undertakings, personal and collective freedoms, spiritual unity, the unity of nations and races, and even the language we speak.
The following eight chapters will explore each of these facets in depth. They will explore the challenges and barriers that stand in our way and the promising initiatives and paradigm shifts that indicate that these Fires of Unity have already been kindled.
Through our collective effort and the Will of Our Great Spirit, these Seven Sacred Fires Global Unity will burn bright, illumining a united path for every member of our Human Family to the Eighth Fire and the Most Great Peace. This Divine Plan has been unfolding since the beginning of time that has no beginning.